Kent County Council: Community Wellbeing Services

UK-Maidstone: Health and social work services.

Scope

Scope: Community Wellbeing Services

Description:

Kent County Council are looking to commission a new and innovative Community Wellbeing Service for older people, individuals with physical disabilities, sensory impairments and dementia. These services aim to promote proactive health and wellbeing, increase independence and reduce or delay the need for additional care and support. This is aligned to the Kent County Council Adult Social Care Prevention Framework: https://www.kent.gov.uk/about-the-council/strategies-and-policies/service-specific-policies/adult-social-care-policies/adult-social-care-prevention-framework-2025-to-2035
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=990784497

Total value (estimated):

GBP 18,250,000 excluding VAT GBP 21,900,000 including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

01/04/2027 to 31/03/2030

CPV Classifications:

85000000 - Health and social work services.

Delivery regions:

UKJ4 Kent
   

Engagement

Engagement deadline
26/11/2025
The engagement has not yet been carried out.Engagement process description:
Kent County Council (KCC) is inviting organisations to participate in engagement events to help shape the future commissioning of community wellbeing services for older people, individuals with physical disabilities, sensory impairments, and dementia. These services aim to promote proactive health and wellbeing, increase independence, and reduce or delay the need for additional care and support.

Description:
To help shape future commissioning of these services, KCC is inviting all interested organisations to attend a market/stakeholder engagement event.

The engagement events will gather insights to inform future service design and commissioning. Topics will include:
Service vision,
Good practice examples,
What are people you support telling you about how they would like to be supported and outcomes they want to achieve,
How demand, needs and service requirement have changed in recent years,
Innovation and targeting of services,
Equity and Inclusion,
How we collaborate in the future.

The Council will be hosting 4 locality based and 2 virtual market/stakeholder engagement events, which will follow the same agenda. Dates and times of these events are detailed below. Tea and coffee will be provided at all face-to-face events.

East Kent = Monday 1st December – 13.30 – 15.30 – Godmersham and Crundale Village Hall
East Kent = Tuesday 2nd December – 9.30-11.30 – West Faversham Community Centre
West Kent = Wednesday 3rd December – 13.30-15.30 – Paddock Wood Community Centre
North Kent = Thursday 4th December – 9.30-11.30 – Riverside Resource Community Centre - Gravesend
Virtual = Wednesday 10th December - 10.00-11.30 - Microsoft Teams (Invitations will be sent nearer the time)
Virtual = Thursday 11th December - 13.30-15.00 - Microsoft Teams (Invitations will be sent nearer the time)

***Interested organisations must complete the Market Engagement Registration Form: https://forms.office.com/e/fKX0g2aUbE


The council may cancel events if there is little or no response on a particular date.
Please ensure that you have registered using the link provided.

Please be advised that this is not a call for competition and should not be perceived as an intention to procure services. The aim of these events is to only gather insights/intelligence, which will be used to inform future service delivery.

Contracting authority

       Kent County Council, PLDL-8938-YGYW
       Sessions House, County Road, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ, United Kingdom
       Tel. 03000413728, Email: CPD-Peopleteam@Kent.Gov.UK
       Contact: nathan sills
       Address of the buyer profile: https://www.kent.gov.uk/

Organisation type: REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Devolved regulations that apply: None